AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2016 Issue 4; ICD-10-CM NEW/REVISED CODES
Glaucoma
New codes were created to capture laterality for subcategory H40.1, Open-angle glaucoma: H40.111 Primary open-angle glaucoma, right eye H40.112 Primary open-angle glaucoma, left eye H40.113 Primary open-angle glaucoma, bilateral H40.119 Primary open-angle glaucoma, unspecified eye Seventh characters specify the stage of glaucoma. Primary open angle is the most common form of glaucoma. In primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), the intraocular pressure in the eye increases as the balance of aqueous humor that flows out of the eye is not equal to the...
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